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Short-Stop
- noun - an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer
Short-Term
- adjective - relating to or extending over a limited period; "short-run planning"; "a short-term lease"; "short-term credit"
Shortbread
- noun - very rich thick butter cookie
Shortcakes
- noun - very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
Shortcrust
- unknown - type of pastry that is made with half the quantity of fat to flour and has a crisp,crumbly texture
Shorteners
- noun - any agent that shortens; "alcohol is a great shortener of life"
Shortening
- verb - act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
- become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
- fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
- make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
- make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Shortfalls
- noun - the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
Shortgrass
- noun - any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains
Shorthands
- noun - a method of writing rapidly